Season 2 Episode One: A Whole New Worlds

Superman stands, staring at the monitors inside of ARGUS. Thanks to Zod's explosion, there are hundreds of breaches open all over the world. With Zod's plan, he could just track him down and find a specific strategy to stop him. Here...he doesn't know what to do.

"Waller...what now?" Superman asks.

"We have to contain these breaches. They're invisible to the naked eye for now, but we can monitor their energy using the satellite. No one knows about them, but it'll only be so long until someone finds one." Waller explains.

"Exactly, how many are there?"

"We haven't counted yet."

Superman turns to the screen and speed counts in his head.

"There are 250."

"That's too many."

"There's two in Metropolis, overall, 58 in the U.S. One small one in Gotham, a big one in Central City, 48 in Australia, 83 in Asia, 19 in Antarctica, shall I continue?"

"I know. There's too many."

"How do we even contain them in the first place? We can't just leave it like this."

"I know we can't. I'll send our scientists to find out a way to close the breaches, but until then...the entire world is open to whatever terrors are on the other side of those portals."

"And what would be on the other side?"

"Anything."

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN

Thugs are chased and tackled and arrested by the military and MPD inside of Metropolis. Order is being restored. The same is happening to Smallville. Superman watches this from above, flying. He then feels a sharp pain throughout his whole body. He shakes it off and flies away. Back at the camp. Jimmy sits across from Lois.

"So what do you think happened with the whole, threatening the world and bringing back Kriptin thing?" Jimmy asks.

"It was Krypton. And Superman probably stopped it." Lois answers.

"But where is Superman now? He's been gone ever since he went off to fight Zod."

"How am I supposed to know?"

"I'm just asking, Lois."

Superman flies over Metropolis and sees the location of one of the bigger breaches. He lands down to where it should be and reaches out. He feels some sort of energy there. He hears some kind of noise and that's when the breach appears in front of him. A blue, wavy portal, and something comes through. A huge monster. It stands up and looks down at Superman.

"Just what I need." Superman mutters.

The monster looks down and steps on him. The monster marches throughout Metropolis, roaring and growling. The soldiers run up to it and fire at it. The bullets don't do anything and the monsters runs off, down the street. It's tail knocks down an empty building as it hops into the river and swims away. Superman flies up and over to the river. He X-Rays the water and sees the monster, already miles away. It swims fast. Superman returns to ARGUS where he sees Amanda Waller.

"Have your scientists found anything?" Superman asks.

"Not yet." Amanda answers.

"Well, they need to find one. Fast."

"Is this about that huge monster reported in Metropolis?"

"Of course it is."

"Yeah. Those type of things are appearing all over the world now. There are these weird, unexplained creatures and people coming through the breaches. They're all over the news, and now everyone is speculating what it means. Conspiracy theorists are going wild."

"That monster got away from me. I need to find it again before it hurts someone. It was stupid of me to let it get away. I could've gotten it."

"How far away was it from you?"

"Miles. But I know I could've traveled that. I know I was fast enough."

"Yes, you could go that fast. But you shouldn't."

"Why not?"

"Because if you go that fast, the air molecules won't have enough time to get out of the way of your body. It could rip your body apart or cause a nuclear explosion. You have to take it slow."

"...what place on Earth has the most breach activity?"

"Central City."

"Why there?"

"Because there was a particle accelerator explosion there a year or two back. Dark matter was released over the city, affecting certain people. It mutated their DNA, gave them special abilities. Super human abilities. The type no human has ever had before. The dark matter also weakened the dimensional barrier. That explosion is all that was needed to open up huge, massive breaches inside the city."

"Waller, I need your help finding that monster. Now."

Amanda hears some beeping from her monitor. She checks it.

"It's down at New Orleans." Amanda alerts.

"Where in New Orleans?"

"Wouldn't be that hard to find, would it?"

Superman takes off towards New Orleans at a steady pace and finds the monster running around the city, roaring. Superman super punches the monster in the chest before flying up and punching it in the jaw. The monster hits Superman, knocking him to the ground. Superman dodges another swipe from it's arm and uses his heat vision to burn it. He flies and upper cuts the monster. He flies towards it and punches it again. The monster screeches and hits Superman into a building. He flies back out and grabs it by the head. He tries lifting it into the air as it wails but then Superman feels a sharp pain in his arms and head, causing him to drop the monster. He drops out of the sky as well and crashes into the street. He stands up, looks around, and sees the monster jump into the ocean and start swimming away.

"No." Superman whispers.

He flies towards the ocean and looks for it, but the monster is gone. Meanwhile, there is a news broadcast, debating about Superman, on TV.

"It's clear that there's some kind of escalation going on here. Superman is an alien, and he arrives here on Earth. A few months later, other aliens arrive and threaten to destroy the world. Superman is barely able to stop them. And who knows? Maybe he didn't. There must be SOME reason why there are monsters and strange men and women running freely across the Earth, claiming they come from different universes. And it happened right after this whole...Zod mess? This is all Superman's fault, and it's because of him why all this bad stuff is happening. What's stopping him from destroying Earth himself, huh? All that power and no one to stop him." A man says.

"Well luckily for us, we got a special guest here today. Ladies and gentlemen, let me welcome you to Mr. Lex Luthor." The host interrupts and introduces.

Lex appears over a TV screen.

"Superman will not use his power against us. He hasn't before, why will he now? And true, there is some escalation, but he will stop that from happening. Or at the very least, try his very damn best." Lex explains.

"Let me just ask you flat out, Mr. Luthor. Do you trust this alien? Like, really trust him?" The man asks.

Lex looks him dead in the eye.

"Yes. I do."

The broadcast ends and Superman flies in behind Lex.

"Very nice words you said about me, Mr. Luthor." Superman says.

"I told you...it's Lex." Lex replies. "I assume you're not just here to say hi."

"No, I'm not. I'm here for help."

"About that huge monster thing?"

"Yeah."

"I figured. Where did it even come from anyways?"

"...I don't know."

"Anyways, that's not important. What's important is what I've been working on. It's a new device. A device that can be attached onto anyone's head and send waves and frequencies into their brain, subduing them. It'll be good for any big threats, and it can be used on any living thing. Just pick the right setting. I'm getting a lot of funding because of the monster. Everyone wants it stopped and they believe this can do it."

"I'm happy for you, Lex. It seems like you're really happy with what you're making."

"I am. After I'm finished, you can use it on the monster, and...do whatever with it."

"Thank you, Lex. I'll be back later."

"And I'll be here."

Superman takes off again.

"What's happening to me?" Superman asks.

Waller turns to him.

"What are you talking about, Superman?" She asks.

"I tried to fight the monster, and I would've stopped him. But something happened. I felt some kind of...of sharp pain in my arms and head. I've been feeling them every time I use my powers. Why?"

"I don't know. When have these pains started?"

"Ever since I fought Zod."

"...then it must be the explosion. That amount of unknown energy and alien technology all combined in an explosion that hit you, who knows what it could've done, besides weaken the dimensional barriers. Which also explains how you were teleported here. The explosion took you through a breach to here. But that's not important. What's important is that we run some tests on your body."

"What?"

"I'm serious, Superman. We could put you under the Red Solar Lights and just run a few blood tests. Trust me, if you want to find out what's going on with you, this is the only way."

"...alright. Okay. Let's just do this."

Amanda runs the blood tests on her computer, sitting next to Clark, under some Red Sunlight.

"I figured it out." She states. "It appears to be from the explosion. The reason why you're getting these pains is because of the Kryptonian energy. Ironically, because of the Yellow Solar Energy you've been used to your whole life, anything from Krypton, the energy, any materials, they could be deadly to you."

"Deadly?"

"Yes. If exposed for too long, you could lose your powers, and then slowly die."

"That's not good."

"It's okay. Now that Zod's gone, it's not like there's anything left that's Kryptonian here. The explosion was made from energy from Krypton, which explains why you're getting these pains."

"Well, will they go away?"

"Eventually, yeah. You just need an extra dose of sunlight."

"Thanks, Waller."

"You have a complicated DNA set. There's a bunch of stuff in here that scientists have never seen before."

"You work on that. I'm going to be ready for the next monster attack."

Amanda hears some beeping from her monitor.

"There's been another monster attack at California." She states.

"But I'm not ready."

Lex turns and sees news of the attack on TV. He looks down at his unfinished device.

"Not now." He whispers.

Superman flies over to the monster, wrecking havoc. He's still weak. The monster roars as Superman super punches him, knocking him on his back. The monster gets up and swipes at Superman, hitting him. Superman charges the monster, hitting him in the chest and pushes him down the street. That's when he feels a sharp pain in his head, causing him to fall to the ground. He looks up at the monster which kicks him down the street, The monster screeches and marches towards him before slipping and falling to a knee. Superman flies up to it, calmly and puts his hand out. The monster looks at him.

"Come on...easy. Easy...I'm not going to hurt you. I'm not going to hurt you." Superman says.

The monster growls before dropping his head. Superman's hand touches it.

"There you go."

The civilians around him cheer. Later, the monsters is taken back through the breach where he came from. Superman smiles, and turns to Amanda Waller, who's standing with him, looking at the breach.

"I didn't really think a partnership like this would work out, but it looks like I might be wrong. I'll help you defeat these threats, and you do the heavy lifting." Amanda says.

"Fine by me."

"Next step, we have to stop each threat coming from an alternate dimension from causing even more chaos then there already is."

"Also fine by me."

Superman and Waller shake hands. Meanwhile, back in Metropolis, civilians are finally being let back inside after the chaos and riots. The Daily Planet returns to how it was and buildings are lit up again. Including LexCorp. Lex Luthor sits inside, holding his unfinished device, listening to the voice of the president over the radio.

"This is your President speaking. After some research, we have discovered something...truly incredible, yet worrying at the same time. In the past year, we have not only discovered that alien life exists, but also that other dimensions exist. That superpowers exist. And I know that's a lot to take in, but the priority right now are these...'breaches' all over the Earth. These breaches are...doorways...to other worlds. To other universes. To other lives. But they are also dangerous. That's where all of these...strangers are coming from. From other worlds. We will work as hard as possible to make sure that you are safe in this country, and I'm sure the leaders of other countries are doing the same, but if you ever come across a breach, report it to the authorities immediately."

Lex turns off his radio.

Superman flies down onto the ground and finds the second breach in Metropolis. It's a gateway to who knows how many other universes. But then the breach shakes. Someone's coming through. The edges of the breach ripple. Lights shines from the middle. Superman takes a few steps back and shields his eyes from the light. He looks back and sees the someone who jumped out. They're on one knee, kneeling on the ground in front of the breach with a sword and some kind of armor. They stand up and look at Superman. The armor is feminine. It's a woman.

"I am Diana. Princess of Themyscira. And I have come here to discover this strange, brave new world." She declares and points her sword towards Superman. "And who are you?"

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN

Next Time on the Adventures of Superman: The Multiverse (2x2)

Superman has met a visitor from another world. Working together, they struggle to understand the complexity of the Multiverse.